Sainz keeps VW on track for Dakar cleansweep with win No 4
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-13 07:45
LA SERENA, Chile: Spain's Carlos Sainz edged closer to winning the Dakar rally on Sunday when he captured the eighth stage, keeping Volkswagen on course for a cleansweep.
Sainz, a former double world rally champion, beat home teammate Dieter Depping of Germany by 4 minutes and 2 seconds on the 294km special from Valparaiso with another Volkswagen driver Mark Miller, 4:12 off the pace.
It was Sainz' fourth stage win in this year's race and gave him a 10:57 lead in the overall standings over South Africa's Giniel De Villiers, also in a Volkswagen and who was fifth on the day.
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